Motif
Messenger bird or wind to the distant beloved
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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN / INTRODUCTION / FROM THE DIVAN OF HAFIZ; lines 1276-1415 confidence: high
The speaker asks the Cup-bearer to bring the bowl, says love has become difficult, seeks fragrance from the beloved’s musk-scented hair, and weeps tears of heart’s blood.
The wind is asked to carry fragrance, breezes respond in the garden, and the east wind or lapwing is sent to the Lady in far Saba with greetings.
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